Mikel Arteta complained the inability of the unfortunate Arsenal to protect a lead, because more wasted points left Liverpool to need only one to become champions for the 20th time.
The Arteta team led twice at home against Crystal Palace to give two equalizers and to move to their 13th draw of the Premier League season, nine times of winning positions.
Only Everton has drawn more and Arsenal, with four to play, is now a dozen points behind Liverpool, will win the title if they pull against Tottenham on Sunday.
“I am disappointed about the result and implementation,” Arteta grumbled. 'We have never received the consistency in many areas to completely dominate the game.
'We always had the feeling that we had the ball, we had possessed, we went in front twice, but we did not caught the game and did not dominate and check it the way we normally do. We were under the standards in some areas.
'If you are not at your best, but you are twice ahead, you must be able to see the game and we could not do it, especially with the second goal. For many reasons we have not been able to see games, and the margins have been too small. '
Ebereechi Eze wiped the opener of Jakub Kiwior away with a beautiful volley and after Leandro Trossard Arsenal gave a 2-1 lead just before half-time, Jean-Philippe Mateta came from the couch to earn a point for Palace with an excellent chip after an error by William Saliba.
“One of the best goals of my career,” said Mateta, while Arteta refused to consider the idea that his players may have been distracted by the upcoming semi-final of the Champions League to Paris Saint-Germain.
“Hopefully not,” said the Arsenal boss. “I don't want to use that. It is clear that we missed many players, many players were not available, so we have been very short.
“But also, credit to Palace, they are very well organized, they are really a good side and they also made it difficult for us and the reality that we were not at our best today.”
Oliver Glasner was happy with the Spirit shown by his palace team to fight back for a point for Saturday's semi-final against Aston Villa, after Hamers of five goals in the two earlier road races in Manchester City and Newcastle.
“I am proud of what the players showed,” said Glasner. 'We scored great goals. I have watched many Arsenal games and I can't remember a team with as many clear opportunities as we had.
'It was not our goal to decide the title, it was our goal to win the game. I think a draw is a very good result. The performance is more important. We are back on the track. That is what we need. '
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